The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 269

Whenever Dahlia played the damsel in distress, Charles couldn't help but soften. But today was different.

"Charles..." Dahlia's voice trembled as she was about to pull out her trump card, but Charles cut her off.

"I just spoke with Zack."

Hearing Zack's name made Dahlia flinch. Zack was one of Charles's closest friends, and their meet-ups were nothing out of the ordinary.

But for Charles to bring him up now, with that serious look, it was hard for Dahlia not to think of the ugly truth she'd been hiding. Still, she clung to a thread of hope. Charles trusted her completely; surely, he hadn't looked into her secrets.

Trying to keep her cool, Dahlia responded as if nothing was amiss. "Why didn't you invite Zack over? It's been ages since I last saw him. Let's have him over, and I'll whip up something special..."

"Dahlia, aren't you curious about what he shared with me?" Charles's voice was icy, cutting through her facade.

was looking at a stranger. Where was the Debbie who couldn't lie without stammering, who was

Dahlia confidently told him

you know that the kidney Sandy received was

shattered. Though she didn't understand why Charles and Zack suddenly brought up that painful subject, she knew Charles

of answering, she fired back, her voice laced with

face fell, disappointment and pain etched into his featuresz "Dahlia why? Why didn't you speak up when you knew the kidney was Charlie's? What was

really taken Charlie's

didn't want to, but I felt I had no choice Dahlia sobbed, cradling her face in

BUMS

much Sandy means to me, even though having her wasn't something I

was a constant reminder that I was flawed,

so much pain, and there were times I even

grew inside me, I started to love her. She was my companion through